Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Feb 08, 2010

Phone: (318) 525-5066 Fax: (318) 673-6933

Contact: Cpl. Bill Goodin, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Arrests at Centaur Parade drop significantly

Shreveport Police report the number of arrests made during the Krewe of Centaur Parade decreased dramatically from 2009 numbers.

Based on reports from the three Shreveport Police Command Posts, there were 58 people arrested at the parade last Saturday. The arrests were all misdemeanors and ran the gamut from underage possession of alcoholic beverages to urinating in public to disturbing the peace by fighting. A Shreveport City Ordinance prohibiting the purchase, consumption and public possession of alcoholic beverages by persons between 17 years of age and 21 years of age made up the bulk of the arrests. Last year police made approximately 100 arrests at the Centaur Parade.

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